FreeLists / bristol-birds / [bristol-birds] Carter Co. Barn Owls

[Dnldhlt@xxxxxxx]

Friday May 03, 2002, in the parking lot of Comfort Inn in east Elizabethton, 
TN I heard a Barn Owl call twice, first behind the Inn and then overhead, 
apparently flying toward the highway.  It was not the hissing screech usually 
found on the commercial recordings I have heard, but the softer "shreek" that 
I interpret as a contact call.  A non-releasable Barn Owl I was familiar with 
often gave the same call whenever I passed its cage without stopping to greet 
it.  
     Sunday May 12 I heard several Barn Owl contact calls behind my house in 
Central on Smalling Rd. around 11 pm.  I'm not sure but I think there may 
have been two birds calling.  If anyone wants to sit out one night and feed 
the mosquitoes in the back forty with me, give me a call - 926-0865.  Leave a 
name and number if I'm gone.
     Don Holt, Central, Carter Co., TN
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